The New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences offers a variety of educational programs to enhance your group’s trip to Adventure Aquarium. They are offered Monday – Friday from Sept. 19, 2011 – June 15, 2012 (no classes will be scheduled from Dec. 24 – Jan 3 and on all major holidays) between 10:00 am and 1:45pm.

If you do not see a program that interests you, NJAAS staff would be happy to design a program especially for your class. Please call 856-365-1025 or email teachers@njaas.org. for information regarding this special service.

Learning Adventures, Assemblies and Tour programs are designed to enhance your classroom lessons, and address:

• New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards 5.1 and 5.3;
• Pennsylvania Academic Standards 3.1 and 3.3;
• Delaware Content Standards 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8;
• National Science Benchmarks 5A, 5D, and 5F.

Learning Adventures
$75 per half hour session, limit 30 students

Grades PreK - 1st

Animal Wrappers
Key Concepts: Classification, Organisms
Scales, feathers, fur, OH MY! This fun program uses live animals and touchable biofacts to help students explore the diversity of "animal wrappers" and how an animal's covering helps it survive in its environment.

Fabulous Fish
Key Concepts: Adaptations, Organisms
Dive into the fascinating underwater world of unusual and extraordinary fish, from sea horses to sharks! Come discover why fishy characteristics are fabulous!

Penguin Fun!
Key Concepts: Birds, Adaptations, Conservation
Have you ever heard of a bird that flies underwater? How about a penguin that comes from Africa? Dip into the remarkable world of our feathered friends from the Southern Hemisphere and discover what makes these birds so special!

Please note: Live penguins are not included in the class.

Grades 2 - 3

Life on the Reef
Key Concepts: Habitats, Adaptations, Conservation, Symbiosis
Immerse your students in the exciting realm of a coral reef and find out what it takes to form a coral reef! Discover how reef animals live together and what makes these habitats so delicate and unique!

What’s Your Habitat?
Key Concepts: Habitats, Adaptations, Ecosystems
From the coral reef to the Australian desert, come investigate some unique habitats and the amazing adaptations of several live animals!

Food Web Frenzy
Key Concepts: Adaptations, Food Webs, Predator/Prey Relationships
What did you have for dinner last night? What did your dinner have for dinner before IT was dinner? Investigate the complex world of food webs and uncover the amazing relationships between predator and prey!

Grades 4-8

Sharks!
Key Concepts: Adaptations, Habitats, Conservation
Do sharks really target small towns and helicopters, or do they just get a bad rap? Come discover the incredible diversity of sharks and the amazing characteristics that make these fish the top predators in any ocean!

No Bones About It!
Key Concepts: Adaptations, Classification, Organisms
Without bones, we'd be a big pool of jelly! So how do animals without bones get around? Through some amazing live animals, we'll see how having no bones can be an advantage (or disadvantage) for survival.

Built for Change
Key Concepts: Habitats, Adaptations, Ecosystems
Why didn’t the dinosaurs survive while horseshoe crabs and sharks continued to thrive? Compare and contrast animal adaptations and how they allow animals to survive changing environmental conditions.

Special Needs

Special needs appropriate classes can be tailored to meet the interests of your learning support or integrated classroom. All classes are taught in a minimally distracting classroom. Classes move at a pace appropriate to students’ curiosity, and attempt to accommodate multiple learning styles
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I Am a Seastar!
This class uses imitation to encourage movement, vocalization, and creative thought. Students will be introduced to various marine animals, such as sea turtles, horseshoe crabs, and sea stars, and invited to engage their imaginations by imitating their movements and sounds. This class does involve live animals, some of whom students will be invited to touch.

Terrific Turtles
What is the difference between a turtle and a tortoise? How fast is a sea turtle? Can a Snapping Turtle take off her shell? Students will meet a few of our Turtles in Residence, and have the opportunity to touch some turtle related biofacts. This class uses live animals, with no direct animal contact.

Assembly Programs
$2.75 per person

These classes are held in the Aquarium's 4-D Theatre

Behind the Scenes Tour
$5 per person, limit 20 people per half-hour tour

Ages 6 – adult (Children under the age of 6 are not permitted on this tour)